A
ACCUBRAILLE: Braille marking system mounted on folder-gluer]
Needle: a term designating part of the top of a fold-down case/box
Telescopic needle: device fixed under the lower stripping tool enabling to catch waste
Angle lock ® : Blanking system
B
Braille quick mark, Male Braille, system developed by Groupe Vacher for efficient male-female part pairing
Full height aluminium female Braille (approx. 22mm
Female Braille on aluminium plate 3.5 mm thick
Aluminium block: enabling precise fixation of embossing tooling
BST : Standard male Braille
C
C IMP: these 4 letters indicate the printing side – if they are legible then they show the reading direction
Tracing material: transparent tear-resistant material on which we produce the template sheet
Channel®: creasing counterpart brand
Cito® : creasing counterpart brand
Classicut ® : Classicut: multipurpose basic cutting die
Clinquant : hardened steel sheet for tooling with piling
Embossing counterpart: embossing is permanent deformation of cardboard using predefined patterns. The counterpart pushes the cardboard into the embossing tool (die) and produces a permanent shape.
Pertinax counterpart: creasing counterpart that forces the cardboard into a canal
D
Double bevel or OMD: dual sharpened cutting blade for optimum penetration into the material being cut, used for thick material
E
Stripping: tools comprising two parts (lower and upper) enabling to eject waste
Dynamic stripping: system that does not require the use of telescopic needles
Embossing: marking and outward indenting of cardboard
Cutting insert: small metallic part inserted in cutting dies enabling to cut small diameter round holes
Cutting insert – ‘Cuvette’: type of specific cutting insert profile
Cutting insert – rear ejection: enables to cut and eject a small round section via the rear of the tool
Cutting insert – side ejection: enables to cut and eject a small round section via the side of the too
Cutting insert – OM: round cutting rule made in one single piece
Cutting insert – Spring mounted: cutting insert equipped with a brass cylinder mounted on a spring enabling to eject the waste
Stamping: inward indentation of the cardboard as opposed to embossing which is outward indentation
F
Template sheet: precise representation of the shape to be cut
‘Fer de lance’: expression used to refer to a part located between the top and the flaps of a fold-down box/case
Blade : a die’s cutting blade or creasing rule
Flat top: usually used with upper stripping tools and upper blanking tools and help maintain the sheet flat
Cutting die: tool enabling to cut soft materials
